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Question 1

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What is K2?

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Question 2

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Why was the "turn around time" so important? What would their "turn around time" be?

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Question 3

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Some situations in which either leader (Hall and Fischer) behave inconsistant with his values?

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Last updated by Aslan on 4/7/2015 8:04 PM

Question 4

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What was the difficult faced by the author on his way back down?

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Last updated by Aslan on 10/4/2012 4:30 PM

Question 5

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How did Krakauer's attitude about encountering dead climbers rapidly change?

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Question 6

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How many unnamed Sherpas are there on the Adventure Consultants team and the Mountain Madness team?

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Question 7

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What lessons can be applied to other high-risk environments?

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Question 8

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Team formation

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Question 9

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Why did Krakauer and Andy Harris have difficulty thinking clearly?

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Question 10

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Which of the expeditions on Retesting 1996 seemed least capable and why?

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Question 11

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What are the seven summits

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Question 12

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Who did krakauer see as the strongest guided climber on Everest in 1996 and why

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Last updated by Aslan on 1/17/2024 4:48 AM

Question 13

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What was the Mosetrap?

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Asked by John B #1255832

Last updated by Aslan on 9/13/2022 8:06 PM

Question 14

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What is a Siridar?

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Asked by John B #1255832

Last updated by Aslan on 9/13/2022 8:05 PM

Question 15

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Who does most of the grunt work?

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Asked by John B #1255832

Last updated by Aslan on 9/13/2022 8:04 PM

Question 16

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What does Krakauer call half the climbers who assess their chances on Everest?

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Asked by John B #1255832

Last updated by Aslan on 9/13/2022 8:03 PM

Question 17

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Why did they have to spend so long at base camp?

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Asked by John B #1255832

Last updated by Aslan on 9/13/2022 8:02 PM

Question 18

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What does Krakauer find above camp 2?

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Asked by John B #1255832

Last updated by Aslan on 9/13/2022 8:01 PM

Question 19

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Why does the Sherpa tease or mock Krakouer?

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Asked by John B #1255832

Last updated by Aslan on 9/13/2022 8:01 PM

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Last updated by Aslan on 5/19/2022 8:14 PM

Question 21

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What did the Nepalese government do as a result of the changes?

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Asked by mannat g #1216480

Last updated by jill d #170087 on 2/23/2022 10:49 PM

Question 22

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Why did Hall shift from his personal expeditions to founding an expedition company?

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Last updated by Jonathan H #1214932 on 2/17/2022 1:13 PM

Question 23

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into this air question. Who pays for the expensive search and rescue efforts? Is it right to endanger other lives (helicopter pilots) to transport injured climbers down to hospitals?

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Asked by Bob A #704140

Last updated by Aslan on 5/7/2021 12:20 AM

Question 24

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Article Into Thin Air

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